In 2015, Stockholm pulled out the race for the 2022 Games after Swedish politicians refused to give financial backing. Swedish politicians were uncomfortable because of concerns over costs, the environment, post-games use of venues and other issues.

This time, committee member Anette Norberg said "we have great respect for the economic, social and environmental issues which must involve sustainable solutions."

According to the feasibility study, 80 percent of the events would be in Stockholm, while most of the Alpine competitions would be in the northern resort of Are, more than 600 kilometers (400 miles) from the capital. A few skiing events would be in Falun, 215 kilometers (130 miles) northwest from there.

The report has a budget of approximately 13.6 billion kronor ($1.5 billion), with the International Olympic Committee chipping in with some 6.7 billion kronor ($760 million).

"We have good capacity within the existing infrastructure and modern winter sports facilities," said city council member Emilia Bjuggren, adding that there is already "a (popular) demand and great interest" for facilities needed in connection with Winter Games, such as a skating hall and cross-country skiing.

Stockholm staged the 1912 Summer Olympics but never a Winter Games.

The cities of Ostersund, Falun and Goteborg have all mounted failed winter bids.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Relatives of Jesse Owens and America's 17 other black athletes from the 1936 Olympics were welcomed to the White House on Thursday by President Barack Obama for the acknowledgement they didn't receive along with their white counterparts 80 years ago.

Along with the relatives of the 1936 African-American Olympians, gloved-fist protesters Tommie Smith and John Carlos and members of the 2016 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams met the president and first lady Michelle Obama. Obama congratulated the Rio athletes, thanked Smith and Carlos for waking up Americans in 1968 and praised 1936 Olympians who made a statement in front of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany.

TOKYO (AP) — An expert panel set up by Tokyo's newly elected governor says the price tag of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could exceed $30 billion unless drastic cost-cutting measures are taken. That's more than a four-fold increase from the initial estimate at the time Tokyo was awarded the games in 2013.